I'll take this opportunity to warmly welcome all to Marind Bell, where for the next couple days you will be able to listen to minstrels singing about love and war (a.k.a. I will be posting link to various music pieces with the theme knights&maidens). I encourage visiting the more secluded areas.

Love and battles. Epic battles, battles of dominance, battles of attrition, battles of retribution. Fiery love, withering love, useful love, used love. In this theme is the following riddle/puzzle, entirely a forum quest (hence the submissions will be by forum PM, to yours truly). Fastest correct answers win, and the prize pool is: 1g5s+anniv creature for 1st correct solution, 1g for 2nd, 5sc for 3rd. (you'll find the riddle quite easy):

There is this tale I heard, a tale

about a growing man

who fends off heathen belief.

A troll with hair of golden sheen

smitten with this Christian youth

besought him to endear her.

He dared not approach her, in spite

of nature's laws, despite her charm

for he was Christian and she - a troll.

He stared at the wooden cross

heavy in his arm, preoccupied.

His fate was questioned, and he uttered.

'Begone', he said, and wail she did

and ran away, cursing her fate

for surely even trolls do understand -

delivery's in God, in God Almighty.

The bald priest smirked and gave a cry

The light, and God, be given praise!

This village, as the rest, will bathe in it.

This tale shall be sung, for we will

write it down for ages to come.

What better way to reinforce our faith?!

Herr Mannelig, the valiant knight of God,

whose light is everreaching and all-wise,

defeating the dark arts of trolls!

And so the tale shall be woven

And priests looked out for ink

And priests took out young vellum

 

(deadline is until the end of the anniv)

Am I silly? I don’t see the riddle Ungod. 
Is there a “What am I?” Or “What did Sir Mannelig do?” That I missed when reading

1 hour ago, Steno said:

I don’t see the riddle Ungod. 

The riddle is (in) the poem itself. It's often that when reading something, you discover it means something else than you thought of, if you read between the lines.

Ah, the singular query posed within the ode. Gotcha

Since i received no submissions, i close the quest this evening (with the answer). 

Edited April 28, 20215 yr by Ungod
closed

I've tried multiple ways... not a single crack >_>

I can tell this is a different reteling, but not quite what was squeezed between the line >_>